Quick Facts
Biography
Elena Favilli is the co-author of the global bestseller “Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls”. She has worked for Colors magazine, McSweeney's, RAI, Il Post, and La Repubblica, and has managed digital newsrooms on both sides of the Atlantic. She holds a master's degree in semiotics from the University of Bologna (Italy) and she studied digital journalism at U.C. Berkeley. In 2011, she created the first iPad magazine for children, Timbuktu magazine. She is founder and CEO of Timbuktu Labs, which she created with her partner Francesca Cavallo.
Elena is the co-creator of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the most crowdfunded book of all times. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls was published by Timbuktu Labs in November 2016.
Her work has been translated in 30 languages (including Faroese and Welsh).
Elena was born in Montevarchi (Italy) and she lives in Venice, California.
Works
- Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
- Un Mostro in Cucina
- Esperimenti Schifosi
- Zombie, Urla e Ragnatele
- Le paure segrete dei supereroi
Awards and Honors
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is the most funded original book in the history of crowdfunding. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 is the fastest funded book in the history of crowdfunding.
Timbuktu's products have won:
- 2016 Play 60, Play On (an initiative by the NFL foundation to reinvent public playgrounds)
- 2014 First Special Mention at Bordeaux Biennale of Architecture
- 2013 Best Children's Magazine of the Year at London Digital Magazine Awards
- 2012 Best Design Award at Launch Education and Kids
- 2012 Best Italian Startup